Layah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Layah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Layah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #629 in 2018, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2009	#3031
2010	#4012
2011	#3549
2012	#3681
2013	#4050
2014	#3160
2015	#2328
2016	#2757
2017	#2341
2018	#2674
2019	#2286
2020	#4535
2021	#2499
2022	#2488
2023	#2346
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2018: #629 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2674 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2014–2018
Highest recorded position: #629 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2018 (recorded 2014–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Layah appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 144 births with the name.

Layah across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Layah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2286 (2019)	#3695 (2024)	21 of 29	144 (1996–2024)	11 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#876 (2014)	#629 (2018)	#629 (2018)	2 of 5	8 (2014–2018)	5 (2018)

Layah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Layah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	20	5 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	80	10 of 10	8
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Layah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Layah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 18 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Laya · #517, 20y
Layaan · #1160, 14y
Layal · #1628, 23y
Layan · #383, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Loic · #629, 25y
Nash · #629, 26y
Fateh · #630, 17y
Roscoe · #628, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

Layah was ranked #629 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Layah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Layah without appearing here.

Layah moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3160 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2328 and #5730.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #5687.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Denise Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Layah

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Layah

Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Layah went from #2328 to #3695 while Arlo went from #5730 to #1894.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Layah

Layah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Layah across 2 official records

Layah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Layah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Layah

Layah and the names beside it

Layah moved ahead of

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Layah at a glance

Layah across 2 official records

Layah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Layah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Layah

Layah and the names beside it

Layah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Layah

Moved the opposite way to Layah